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Webster 1913 Edition


Drachme


Drach′me

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Noun.
[F.]
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Drachma
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Definition 2024


Drachme

Drachme

See also: drachme

German

Noun

Drachme f (genitive Drachme, plural Drachmen)

  1. drachma

Declension

drachme

drachme

See also: Drachme

English

Noun

drachme (plural drachmes)

  1. Dated form of drachma.


French

Etymology

Old French dragme < Late Latin dragma, etymologically reconstructed to match Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, unit of weight, a handful), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, I hold, seize).

Noun

drachme f (plural drachmes)

  1. drachma
  2. dram (unit of weight)